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September 25 - Old & New Testament
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Isaiah 37,38
Jerusalem's Deliverance Foretold(a)
1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes(b) and put on sackcloth(c) and went into the temple(d) of the Lord . 2 He sent Eliakim(e) the palace administrator, Shebna(f) the secretary, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.(g) 3 They told him, "This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress(h) and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth(i) and there is no strength to deliver them. 4 It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(j) the living God,(k) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.(l) Therefore pray(m) for the remnant(n) that still survives."
5 When King Hezekiah's officials came to Isaiah, 6 Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid(o) of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed(p) me. 7 Listen! When he hears a certain report,(q) I will make him want(r) to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down(s) with the sword.'"
8 When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish,(t) he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.(u)
9 Now Sennacherib(v) received a report(w) that Tirhakah, the king of Cush,[a](x) was marching out to fight against him. When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word: 10 "Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive(y) you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.'(z) 11 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered?(aa) 12 Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors(ab) deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran,(ac) Rezeph and the people of Eden(ad) who were in Tel Assar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad?(ae) Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim,(af) Hena and Ivvah?"(ag)
Hezekiah's Prayer(ah)
14 Hezekiah received the letter(ai) from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple(aj) of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord . 15 And Hezekiah prayed(ak) to the Lord : 16 " Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, enthroned(al) between the cherubim,(am) you alone are God(an) over all the kingdoms(ao) of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.(ap) 17 Give ear, Lord , and hear;(aq) open your eyes, Lord , and see;(ar) listen to all the words Sennacherib(as) has sent to ridicule(at) the living God.(au)
18 "It is true, Lord , that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands.(av) 19 They have thrown their gods into the fire(aw) and destroyed them,(ax) for they were not gods(ay) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.(az) 20 Now, Lord our God, deliver(ba) us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth(bb) may know that you, Lord , are the only God.[b](bc)"
Sennacherib's Fall(bd)
21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz(be) sent a message to Hezekiah: "This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22 this is the word the Lord has spoken against him:
"Virgin Daughter(bf) Zion(bg)
despises and mocks you.
Daughter Jerusalem
tosses her head(bh) as you flee.
23 Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?(bi)
Against whom have you raised your voice(bj)
and lifted your eyes in pride?(bk)
Against the Holy One(bl) of Israel!
24 By your messengers
you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,
‘With my many chariots(bm)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
the utmost heights(bn) of Lebanon.(bo)
I have cut down its tallest cedars,
the choicest of its junipers.(bp)
I have reached its remotest heights,
the finest of its forests.
25 I have dug wells in foreign lands[c]
and drunk the water there.
With the soles of my feet
I have dried up(bq) all the streams of Egypt.(br)'
26 "Have you not heard?
Long ago I ordained(bs) it.
In days of old I planned(bt) it;
now I have brought it to pass,
that you have turned fortified cities
into piles of stone.(bu)
27 Their people, drained of power,
are dismayed and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
like tender green shoots,
like grass(bv) sprouting on the roof,(bw)
scorched[d] before it grows up.
28 "But I know where you are
and when you come and go(bx)
and how you rage(by) against me.
29 Because you rage against me
and because your insolence(bz) has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(ca) in your nose(cb)
and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you return
by the way you came.(cc)
30 "This will be the sign(cd) for you, Hezekiah:
"This year(ce) you will eat what grows by itself,
and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year(cf) sow and reap,
plant vineyards(cg) and eat their fruit.(ch)
31 Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah
will take root(ci) below and bear fruit(cj) above.
32 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,(ck)
and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.(cl)
The zeal(cm) of the
Lord
Almighty
will accomplish this.
33 "Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria:
"He will not enter this city(cn)
or shoot an arrow here.
He will not come before it with shield
or build a siege ramp(co) against it.
34 By the way that he came he will return;(cp)
he will not enter this city,"
declares the
Lord
.
35 "I will defend(cq) this city and save it,
for my sake(cr) and for the sake of David(cs) my servant!"
36 Then the angel(ct) of the Lord went out and put to death(cu) a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian(cv) camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! 37 So Sennacherib(cw) king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh(cx) and stayed there.
38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple(cy) of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat.(cz) And Esarhaddon(da) his son succeeded him as king.(db)
Hezekiah's Illness(a)
1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz(b) went to him and said, "This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order,(c) because you are going to die; you will not recover."(d)
2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord , 3 "Remember, Lord , how I have walked(e) before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion(f) and have done what is good in your eyes.(g)" And Hezekiah wept(h) bitterly.
4 Then the word(i) of the Lord came to Isaiah: 5 "Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord , the God of your father David,(j) says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears;(k) I will add fifteen years(l) to your life. 6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend(m) this city.
7 "‘This is the Lord 's sign(n) to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: 8 I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.'" So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.(o)
9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
10 I said, "In the prime of my life(p)
must I go through the gates of death(q)
and be robbed of the rest of my years?(r)"
11 I said, "I will not again see the
Lord
himself(s)
in the land of the living;(t)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
or be with those who now dwell in this world.
12 Like a shepherd's tent(u) my house
has been pulled down(v) and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled(w) up my life,
and he has cut me off from the loom;(x)
day and night(y) you made an end of me.
13 I waited patiently(z) till dawn,
but like a lion he broke(aa) all my bones;(ab)
day and night(ac) you made an end of me.
14 I cried like a swift or thrush,
I moaned like a mourning dove.(ad)
My eyes grew weak(ae) as I looked to the heavens.
I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!"(af)
15 But what can I say?(ag)
He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.(ah)
I will walk humbly(ai) all my years
because of this anguish of my soul.(aj)
16 Lord, by such things people live;
and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
and let me live.(ak)
17 Surely it was for my benefit(al)
that I suffered such anguish.(am)
In your love you kept me
from the pit(an) of destruction;
you have put all my sins(ao)
behind your back.(ap)
18 For the grave(aq) cannot praise you,
death cannot sing your praise;(ar)
those who go down to the pit(as)
cannot hope for your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living—they praise(at) you,
as I am doing today;
parents tell their children(au)
about your faithfulness.
20 The
Lord
will save me,
and we will sing(av) with stringed instruments(aw)
all the days of our lives(ax)
in the temple(ay) of the
Lord
.
21 Isaiah had said, "Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover."
22 Hezekiah had asked, "What will be the sign(az) that I will go up to the temple of the Lord ?"
Romans 5
Chapter 5
Peace and Hope
1 Therefore, since we have been justified(a) through faith,(b) we[a] have peace(c) with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,(d) 2 through whom we have gained access(e) by faith into this grace in which we now stand.(f) And we[b] boast in the hope(g) of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we[c] also glory in our sufferings,(h) because we know that suffering produces perseverance;(i) 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope(j) does not put us to shame, because God's love(k) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,(l) who has been given to us.
6 You see, at just the right time,(m) when we were still powerless,(n) Christ died for the ungodly.(o) 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.(p)
9 Since we have now been justified(q) by his blood,(r) how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath(s) through him! 10 For if, while we were God's enemies,(t) we were reconciled(u) to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!(v) 11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.(w)
Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,(x) and death through sin,(y) and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned(z)—
13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone's account where there is no law.(aa) 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam,(ab) who is a pattern of the one to come.(ac)
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man,(ad) how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ,(ae) overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death(af) reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life(ag) through the one man, Jesus Christ!
18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people,(ah) so also one righteous act resulted in justification(ai) and life(aj) for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man(ak) the many were made sinners,(al) so also through the obedience(am) of the one man the many will be made righteous.
20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.(an) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,(ao) 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death,(ap) so also grace(aq) might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life(ar) through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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